Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...veto decision was not easy. The bill contained two key spending elements that the Administration sorely wanted: funds to meet the military payroll through the end of the current fiscal year and $350 million for the Caribbean Basin Initiative (C.B.I.) aid package to Latin America and the Caribbean area. In hopes of persuading Congress to revise the package, Reagan and Budget Director David Stockman had sent strong signals to Capitol Hill that the measure as written would probably be vetoed. But many legislators calculated that when the bill reached him at his California ranch, the President would reluctantly sign...
...Connecticut law is a marked contrast to May's congressional veto of a Federal Trade Commission rule that would have required used car dealers to list known major defects on cars they sell. Says Ernest Abate, the speaker of the Connecticut house of representatives and a backer of the bill: "I wanted the legislature to be more protective of consumer interests at a time when the Federal Government was moving away from regulation...
...stepped up pressure on Israel later in the week by requesting that it pull its forces back from West Beirut to the positions occupied at the beginning of the week. There was not much hope that Israel would comply. Washington, however, did veto a Soviet resolution at the United Nations calling for a worldwide arms embargo against Israel...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker, who opposes the amendment but supports its goals, has warned Congress that the arrangement could give the President a line-item veto of the entire budget and grant him, in effect, the power to impound any federal funds he wishes. Congress would no longer be able to mandate or create new programs. In the name of balancing the budget, the President could theoretically drop entire programs without any possibility of congressional review...
...ratification drive. In another decision, the court ruled unanimously that the N.A.A.C.P. was not liable for damages as a result of a mostly peaceful boycott. The court decided to put off to next year ruling on a lawsuit challenging the right of a house of Congress to veto regulations issued by federal agencies. But, as detailed in the following report, the court in its closing week did take on child pornography, school busing, the death penalty and some other thorny issues...